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American Literature > The Scarlet Letter Vocab > Flashcards

The Scarlet Letter Vocab Flashcards

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Decorous

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Characterized by dignified propriety

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Propriety

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Appropriateness, rightness to the purpose or circumstance

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Sagacious

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Having or based on profound knowledge or good judgement

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Alacrity

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Cheerful, readiness, promptness, willingness, aliveness, briskness

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Fervent

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Having or showing great warmth of intensity of spirit, feeling, enthusiasm etc

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Torpid

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Inactive or sluggish, slow

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Mirth

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Gladness, jollity, laughter

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Palpable

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Readily or plainly seen, heard, perceived, obvious, evident, or tangible

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Esoteric

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Understood by only a select few

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Propensity

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An often intense natural inclination or preference

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Opaque

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  1. Not transparent or translucent, impenetrable to light

2. Hard to understand

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Alchemist

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A person who practices alchemy, which is the forerunner of chemistry that’s based on the transformation of metals into gold

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Penitence

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The quality of being sorrowful for sins or fault

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Labyrinth

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  1. Maze

2. Bewilderingly complicated

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Auspicious

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Showing of suggesting that future success is likely

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Obtrusive

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Undecidedly prominent

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Despondency

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Depression, hopelessness

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Erudite

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Characterized by great knowledge; scholarly wisdom

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Ethereal

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Light, airy, delicate, refined, heavenly, implies you can’t touch it

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Import

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Relative importance, significance

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Venerable

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Honored, revered

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Precipice

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A very steep cliff

The brink of something dangerous

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Estranged

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Alienated, separated

24
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Vicissitude

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A passing of one thing to another, a change of luck

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Decorum

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Appropriate conduct

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Gratuitous

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Given freely, unwarranted

27
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Jocularity

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Jesting, joking

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Audacity

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Excessively bold, daring, rash

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Propinquity

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Nearness of closeness, kinship

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Ignominy

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Disgraceful of dishonorable conduct

31
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Impugn

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To assail or attack ones honor or integrity

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Capricious

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Changing suddenly, fickle

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Deleterious

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Harmful, dangerous

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Dearth

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A lack or scarcity

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Imbibe

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To absorb or drink in

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Formidable

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Causing fear, apprehension or dread

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Abate

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To reduce in degree amount or intensity

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Affinity

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Likeness, a natural relationship, kinship

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Amenable

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Open to or willing to follow advice or suggestions

40
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Antipathy

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A dislike or distaste

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Benign

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Not causing harm, of gentle disposition

42
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Predilections

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A special liking or bias

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Primeval

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Belonging to the first or earlier age

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Placid

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Severely free of instruction or disturbance

45
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Portent

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An indication that something is going to happen, an omen

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Tome

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A large scholarly book

47
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Contentious

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Likely to cause disagreement or argument

48
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Malevolence

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The state of being evil towards others

49
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Precocious

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Exceptionally early in mental development

50
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Exigent

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Requiring or calling for much or immediate attention

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Gaunt

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Excessively thin and looks sickly

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Pallor

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Unusual or extreme paleness from fear, ill health or deathness

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Arduous

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Requiring great exertion, laborious

54
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Augur

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An official I charge of interpreting

Fortune telling

55
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Implicit

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Understood or implied

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Benevolent

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Marked by or organized for doing good

Disposition to do good or an act of kindness

57
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Depravity

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A corrupt act or practice

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